platelets low and dropping

[Autism_Mummy]

Hi i have a question i'm not sure if anyone can help.

My partner is 32 and has always been of small build always around the 8st mark, But recently we noticed that he had lost weight and was not 7st2.

So he went to the doctors and routine blood tests everything came but normal red blood cells were fine, white blood cells were fine, bare for the platelet count which was 94,000, tested 3 weeks later and was 92000, 3 days later and they were 91000 the doctor as scared me and said it could be cancer along with a few other scary things, Has this ever happened to anyone?

Thank you so much.

[Autism_Mummy]

Thank you I will ask her for that test, thank you so much for replying.

[Jerry_NJ]

I'd ask the doctor for a "cancer marker" blood test.  It is not totally accurate, I think it is prone to false positive.  

It is beyond my understanding how a doctor could bring up such unproven responsibilities without prescribing further testing.

Is this something one can expect form government run medical care (UK)?  I fear the same thing is befalling us in the USA as we "roll out" the "Affordable Care Act"... NOT.